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In Quest Of: Happiness in Bhutan

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aibhutan - Punakha Dzong is also known as the Palace of Great Happiness (Punthang Dechen Phodrang). PHOTO: HO AI LI

Punakha Dzong is also known as the Palace of Great Happiness (Punthang Dechen Phodrang).

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BHUTAN – When I was offered a trip to Bhutan in return for writing about it, I was secretly overjoyed.

I am not a spender and I hate planning holidays. A trip to a bucket-list destination in a cooler clime sounded like manna from heaven in these days of insane heat and inflation.

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